2023-09-21 22:14:55
The tragedy confirmed this Thursday on Route 62 and which featured an Argentine Army truck, mourns the national force. The death of several soldiers who were transported from Lolog to the Mountain Exploration Cavalry Regiment 4 of San Martín de los Andes was finally confirmed with an official statement.
«On this day, during the withdrawal to the headquarters of the personnel of Mounted Squadron B that was carrying out an operational training activity near Lake Lolog, The vehicle in which they were transported overturned when it was traveling on the Provincial route.
No. 62″, reads the information circulated by the force.
«As a result of this incident, the community is informed of the death of four members of the delegation and eighteen injured of varying degrees, nine of them being taken to the Ramón Carrillo Hospital and nine to the Chapelco Clinic»explains the Army regarding the tragedy.
The text also explains that in the followingnoon contact was still being made with the victims’ relatives. “for the purposes of transmitting the unfortunate news.”
The area of the overturn is known as “Bajada del Caracol” and is near the Maipo viewpoint. It is a wooded place, steep where Route 62 closes sharply.
The exact point of the incident is at the exit of the curve, while the truck was descending. The participation of another vehicle was ruled out and the first hypothesis of the witnesses is that the vehicle ran out of brakes or might not stop, which caused it to leave the road and plunge into a fall of at least 10 meters.
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